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i do think states like california and washington is another good example, where it has been, california been through a bunch of election cycles, and pretty stable people who are early voters. you can't marginally change people who voter, despite great effort you can only move couple percent. those are states to watch will it stablize as 40 to 50%? will it be half and half proposition? the part of california i think is interesting that local election clerks like county clerk goes through just before election day and says, here's where the voting places are going to be. they also go through like six or eight weeks before are we voting by mail or is it going to be, they consolidate all the places, there is just not enough people geographically to make everybody go to city hall to cast a ballot so all those people vote by mail that will be interesting thing especially with contracting local budgets, that i think it will be interesting to see how that work out. >> is there any way to make sure that people actually vote themselves? i'm from austria. the discussion is always you husbands vote
i do think states like california and washington is another good example, where it has been, california been through a bunch of election cycles, and pretty stable people who are early voters. you can't marginally change people who voter, despite great effort you can only move couple percent. those are states to watch will it stablize as 40 to 50%? will it be half and half proposition? the part of california i think is interesting that local election clerks like county clerk goes through just...
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there had been warnings from the at least one fbi agent to washington about the concerns he had with the people who were getting the flight lessons and he was told, well that is above your pay grade. we have got it under control. and nobody did. it really worries me that that could ever happen again. one issue totally different, i mention this in my opening statements, the h2a worker bees up. worker visas. the fact that dairy farmers cannot use this program is a problem. it makes little since when you consider the reason for h2a worker visa programs. it is a problem in wisconsin, in a problem in every state that has the dairy industry. i have commented formerly to a rulemaking process and of its written to secretary solis about this. age to waive rules from sheepherders to obtain h2a visas, even though the job is exactly what prevent dairy farmers from obtaining workers and that is really not fair. i suggested we-- i'm not with suggesting we cut it from them but to encourage the labor department to make the rules necessary on the h2a program. >> mr. chair, yes and we have been workin
there had been warnings from the at least one fbi agent to washington about the concerns he had with the people who were getting the flight lessons and he was told, well that is above your pay grade. we have got it under control. and nobody did. it really worries me that that could ever happen again. one issue totally different, i mention this in my opening statements, the h2a worker bees up. worker visas. the fact that dairy farmers cannot use this program is a problem. it makes little since...
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louis to washington d.c. to start. i believe it will be done more unfortunately maybe but in the collective bargaining arena where we come up with a solution with employers vs. a man day by the faa. >> is a workable about the private and the operator making the decision as to whether or not a pilot is 250 days to fatigue to make the trip? >> the operators will resist the pressure of the situation because they need the pilot. it seems it would be most likely. >> it comes down to the physical that we take every six months. we have to determine our we fit to fly? it does not matter if i have pickoff or cold i did not sleep last night because my baby cried all night. i have to make that decision we just ask the protection and of the employer's responsibility should be will except when a pilot calls in and says they are to fatigue to fly you will accept the call. >> on another issue i happen to to run into one airline pilot last week for a legacy carrier was very much concerned about the lack of experience about pilots and
louis to washington d.c. to start. i believe it will be done more unfortunately maybe but in the collective bargaining arena where we come up with a solution with employers vs. a man day by the faa. >> is a workable about the private and the operator making the decision as to whether or not a pilot is 250 days to fatigue to make the trip? >> the operators will resist the pressure of the situation because they need the pilot. it seems it would be most likely. >> it comes down...
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they are unique in washington in their ability to address these issues. as we go forward, as we try to supervise complex, multi-company firms, and as we tried to look at the system as a whole, which involves looking into the interactions of companies and markets, we need not just banks supervisors who can read a loan file, but financial market experts and economists who can treat the context and the supplementary analysis. and the supplementary analysis that will make these more difficult analyses possible. we demonstrated the value of this in the stress tests earlier this year. the second argument, the one you eluded to specifically, has to do with benefits to the federal reserve of having the supervisory authorities. you mentioned monetary policy. there is some benefits to monetary policy. i can give instances. the greater benefit is to our ability to help maintain financial stability and to be an effective lender of last resort. in the current crisis, for example, our ability to respond to the crisis, to address problems in the banking system, to help
they are unique in washington in their ability to address these issues. as we go forward, as we try to supervise complex, multi-company firms, and as we tried to look at the system as a whole, which involves looking into the interactions of companies and markets, we need not just banks supervisors who can read a loan file, but financial market experts and economists who can treat the context and the supplementary analysis. and the supplementary analysis that will make these more difficult...
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and i ask unanimous consent that this editorial from "washington post" be made part of the record. says, quote -- >> without objection. >> the body in a proposal could have costly, unintended consequences. could have costly unintended consequences we don't know what it is but we never before in this entire year i would ask my colleagues have we seen a proposal and would increase eligibility -- culbert change eligibility for medicare down to age 55. never before. so the majority leader kim to the floor this morning and said if we accept an omnibus trillion dollar bill by unanimous consent, by the way that bill, the omnibus appropriations bill, six bills totaling 450 billion, 1,003 under 50 pages long, 4,752 earmarks, totalling $3.7 billion by the way that spends on domestic programs increased by 14% and veteran's which has only increased by 5% said the majority leader wants us to go out for the weekend after keeping us in all last weekend and here we have a an unspecified proposal none of us know the details of the cost so i'm supposed to go home to arizona this weekend and say we'v
and i ask unanimous consent that this editorial from "washington post" be made part of the record. says, quote -- >> without objection. >> the body in a proposal could have costly, unintended consequences. could have costly unintended consequences we don't know what it is but we never before in this entire year i would ask my colleagues have we seen a proposal and would increase eligibility -- culbert change eligibility for medicare down to age 55. never before. so the...
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i am with the brookings institute of washington. i just want to get a sense of during the early days of protest, with the government essentially controlling communication, how much of the protest movement was planned? how did people get the word around as to where to meet, what to do, what to say, particularly after the second and third day? i am very much interested on how much of that was planned. >> great. that is one of the few things i can talk about because that is one of the things is that most of my time doing when i was there. basically running around the streets with friends and trying to figure out what is going on. that was also one of the main accusations against me, i was an agent and influence and i had engaged in espionage. but i was very confused. i had no idea what was going on. i did give the key to my facebook to a close friend of mine, who would then just sort of copy/paste -- she does not speak farsi much -- and less tweets and messages and e-mail them to this -- and list -- endless tweets and messages and e-ma
i am with the brookings institute of washington. i just want to get a sense of during the early days of protest, with the government essentially controlling communication, how much of the protest movement was planned? how did people get the word around as to where to meet, what to do, what to say, particularly after the second and third day? i am very much interested on how much of that was planned. >> great. that is one of the few things i can talk about because that is one of the things...
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she was supposed to send a raw underdeveloped film to washington. they in turn distributed free of charge the media and they decided what to distribute. and they distributed what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried once again to do something that she controlled, she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but also deprive the organized left to which many of her friends belonged in her risky photographic opposition to the internment of japanese americans which i don't have time to go into now, that will just let you know if you're interested that a few years back also with norton i put out a photography book about a collection of her photographs of the japanese internment. it is called him pounded and that is a pun because it is about them pounding people but about the fact that her photographs were him pounded by the u.s. army which used to distribute them. now i want to turn to the photography at 12. at the outset, from security photographers@midwest to show and its conditions. to
she was supposed to send a raw underdeveloped film to washington. they in turn distributed free of charge the media and they decided what to distribute. and they distributed what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried once again to do something that she controlled, she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but also deprive the organized left to which many of her friends belonged in her risky photographic opposition to the...
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washington state 225,000. wisconsin to the 43,000. i will ask unanimous consent for the enrollment of medicare advantage as of august 2009 into the record. >> the point* of all of this? the point* of this is that the senator from florida, member of the finance committee felt so strongly that advantage was a risky decided to carve out and get a majority on a party-line vote from the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone the senator from oklahoma -- oklahoma just made reference to the has that same protection for of that is all this amendment is about too. >> if you will yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries come all 11,532,000 in my state, and as a result of not only these cuts but additional cuts to come in the future which make it harder and harder for medicare beneficiaries to get coverage, i would ask your colleagues are particularly our doctors, what is
washington state 225,000. wisconsin to the 43,000. i will ask unanimous consent for the enrollment of medicare advantage as of august 2009 into the record. >> the point* of all of this? the point* of this is that the senator from florida, member of the finance committee felt so strongly that advantage was a risky decided to carve out and get a majority on a party-line vote from the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his...
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. >> here are some of the events in washington that before, during and after the health care votes. made about all of the people that work at the capitol during the difficult an intense time. we thank you very much for your outstanding service. it's early and i'll be brief. the most obvious problem with the bill before us is it doesn't do what it was supposed to do. the one test for any bill was whether it would lower costs. this bill fails that test. it's also clear that even many of the people on this side who are going to support this bill don't like it. otherwise, the democratic leaders wouldn't have had such a tough time rounding up the votes. otherwise, democratic leaders would not have had to have votes in the middle of the night or at crack of dawn or over the weekend or even during a blizzard. otherwise, they wouldn't be rushing it through congress on christmas eve. the first time this body has had a vote on the day before christmas in more than a century. this debate was supposed to produce a bill that reformed health care in america. instead, we're left with party line vo
. >> here are some of the events in washington that before, during and after the health care votes. made about all of the people that work at the capitol during the difficult an intense time. we thank you very much for your outstanding service. it's early and i'll be brief. the most obvious problem with the bill before us is it doesn't do what it was supposed to do. the one test for any bill was whether it would lower costs. this bill fails that test. it's also clear that even many of the...
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not every problem demands a government solution from washington, d.c. and in fact, we should be more creative than that. spending someone else's money isn't that hard. you can throw it away, throw it away to causes, programs that study pollen from vikings. i got to find out about those vikings with pollen. i don't know if they used claridon. but you can throw money out the door, flush it away. those of us hove in the private sector know every dollar is hard to get. making a profit ain't easy. that's why you are so tight with your funds. and you know the good times come and good times go. if you are successful enough, you try to set aside a reserve. yet in this congress, my gosh, it is out of control in terms of spending and the deficits. you know, the omnibus that passed last week, the bill that spent half a trillion dollars, two days to think about it, it's not the way to legislate. it's not responsible. it's not becoming of this body. it is not how we should operate regardless of which party is in control. right now the democrats are in control. so th
not every problem demands a government solution from washington, d.c. and in fact, we should be more creative than that. spending someone else's money isn't that hard. you can throw it away, throw it away to causes, programs that study pollen from vikings. i got to find out about those vikings with pollen. i don't know if they used claridon. but you can throw money out the door, flush it away. those of us hove in the private sector know every dollar is hard to get. making a profit ain't easy....
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george washington. turn another one, what's the basis of our economy in the united states, flip the other side, free enterprise capitalism. it is a principal tenant of the american way of life that you must answer that question accurately if you want to become a zpwen of the united states and yet -- citizen of the united states and yet here we're debating to have a free market. and, mr. speaker, i'm going to submit that we've got to be able to take a chance to succeed and fail. ok, i'm -- mr. lucas: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. mr. king: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we had a chance and we should continue forward to repeal the investment act, we should regulate fannie mae and freddie mac, we should require them to meet the same standards of every other financial institution in the united states, we should let people fail, though, and so that others can succeed and a.i.g. should be split up. this is the seventh federal agency when we have already too many. we need to have free en
george washington. turn another one, what's the basis of our economy in the united states, flip the other side, free enterprise capitalism. it is a principal tenant of the american way of life that you must answer that question accurately if you want to become a zpwen of the united states and yet -- citizen of the united states and yet here we're debating to have a free market. and, mr. speaker, i'm going to submit that we've got to be able to take a chance to succeed and fail. ok, i'm -- mr....
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. >> senator from washington. >> madame president, i thank my senator from maryland. we're delighted you're here. thank you so much for your leadership on this critical issue making sure that women have access to quality preventive health care services. and screenings that are so critical to women across the country. madam president, the senator from maryland offered this amendment, and i worked with her on the committee. she has been a leader on this for many years and i echo her comments as well this has always been an issue for as long as i've been here since 1993 where the women in the senate from both sides of the ogle stood up to make sure that women's care is part of health care and understand that we have to stand shoulder to shoulder. it's unfortunate that this time we see this in a little different light. but i agree with senator mikulski. we will keep working together throughout our time here to make short women's preventive services are covered. i do support the mikulski and and and and the mikulski approach. her amendment requires all health plans to cove
. >> senator from washington. >> madame president, i thank my senator from maryland. we're delighted you're here. thank you so much for your leadership on this critical issue making sure that women have access to quality preventive health care services. and screenings that are so critical to women across the country. madam president, the senator from maryland offered this amendment, and i worked with her on the committee. she has been a leader on this for many years and i echo her...
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that's ov's 19th of the season, it's 1-0 washington. later in the period, thomas fleishman with the puck high towards the net, eric fehr gets a handle on the pouncing puck. 2-0 caps. he has scored in two straight games. caps on the power play, semin steals the puck from former cap jeff ha burn, he will set up fleishman, his shot will be saved but, oh, he is in the right place at the right time, ovie, 3-0 caps. simeon varlamov was unbelievable between the pipes notching his second career shutout. the caps win it 3-0, it's their #th straight win over tampa, a franchise record streak against one team. and let's get you back down to the sunshine state now and bring in joe beninati and craig laughlin. when ovie and semin are not trying to be too cute, gentlemen, they are one successful duo. >> they sure are. i mean they just dominated tonight. i think i find that both those guys get cute when they know the game is out of reach. this caps team put it together, joe, a full 60 minutes, which allowed semin and ovie to have a little trickery and
that's ov's 19th of the season, it's 1-0 washington. later in the period, thomas fleishman with the puck high towards the net, eric fehr gets a handle on the pouncing puck. 2-0 caps. he has scored in two straight games. caps on the power play, semin steals the puck from former cap jeff ha burn, he will set up fleishman, his shot will be saved but, oh, he is in the right place at the right time, ovie, 3-0 caps. simeon varlamov was unbelievable between the pipes notching his second career...
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his first with washington. against the golden state team who also had their problems. 7-18 own the year. 4 -- on the year. 4-6 at home. monta ellis 17 in the scoring. chris hunter instead of modovich. 69-year-old don nelson, second winningest coach in nba history. he needs just 17 more to surpass wilkins as the all time leader. he's in his 4th year of his second stint as head coach with the warriors. our toyota ones to watch tonight has been terrific. stephen curry, tremendous player from davidson, and he's playing well in the nba also. >> he is. >> taking after his dad, beautiful shot, interested in watching him first hard. this will be my first time. of course davidson put up great numbers. there now he's in the starting lineup. gilbert, i mean he's still putting up good numbers, shooting the ball well, we just haven't seen him with the old opposing games, and we were looking for that in the sacramento game. >> it was very frustrating for gilbert. he had the ball stolen away beautifully by evans. in the game
his first with washington. against the golden state team who also had their problems. 7-18 own the year. 4 -- on the year. 4-6 at home. monta ellis 17 in the scoring. chris hunter instead of modovich. 69-year-old don nelson, second winningest coach in nba history. he needs just 17 more to surpass wilkins as the all time leader. he's in his 4th year of his second stint as head coach with the warriors. our toyota ones to watch tonight has been terrific. stephen curry, tremendous player from...
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what's been the dynamic of discourse in washington? what momentum are we approaching with as the political temperature heats up? >> i think new presidents run into the reality of washington, that it's a tough place to change cull turelly. there's limits as what presidents can do with their own coalition, even within their party, and then working outside their party. and they run up against the ambition of the other party. as congressman cantor -- he does well in the way he sort of breaks down some of the major pressure points on the administration. there are also what republicans have taken into battle into the midterm year, which is essentially a look at the status quo. do you like how things are going under obama? if not, how about a change? they're not really a party of ideas right now because they don't want to be. i think they will move into a period of time where they want to get more aggressive in presenting some contrast. right now they're happy to say look how high unemployment is, look how high the deficit. they're act more v
what's been the dynamic of discourse in washington? what momentum are we approaching with as the political temperature heats up? >> i think new presidents run into the reality of washington, that it's a tough place to change cull turelly. there's limits as what presidents can do with their own coalition, even within their party, and then working outside their party. and they run up against the ambition of the other party. as congressman cantor -- he does well in the way he sort of breaks...
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i'm also some also argue that withdrawal timelines make our troops wonder about the determination of washington to succeed and could undermine our efforts to secure greater cooperation from our allies. "the new york times" recently reported that the president's timetable for withdrawal of american forces in afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and in pakistan as well. prompting diplomats to scramble to assure that, reassure the two countries that we would not in fact cut and run. a fourth concern involves the problems of command and control. coordination with our allies and burden-sharing. our allies are being asked to provide more troops to help push the taliban out of center and north. some, such as the dutch, canadians, british and french, shoulder a greater burden. do you foresee difficulties in securing a greater commitment from our allies to contribute to the war effort? do the forces that the nato security general identified have the combat capabilities that you require? and what actions has the administration taken to convince countries to give you more flexibility in placing troo
i'm also some also argue that withdrawal timelines make our troops wonder about the determination of washington to succeed and could undermine our efforts to secure greater cooperation from our allies. "the new york times" recently reported that the president's timetable for withdrawal of american forces in afghanistan rattled nerves in that country and in pakistan as well. prompting diplomats to scramble to assure that, reassure the two countries that we would not in fact cut and...